Daily Archives: October 29, 2008

American Stories, American Solutions

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Tonight, the campaign aired a special 30 minute program in which Barack addressed the nation about his plan for the country and the issues that are at stake in this election. I actually got choked up… In case you missed any part of it, or if you want to watch it again or share with your friends, you can watch the full program below:

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BREAKING NEWS:

Barack Obama has doubled his lead over John McCain in the battleground state of Colorado, a new CNN/Time/Opinion Research Corp. poll suggests. “Older voters in Colorado have started to break Obama’s way,” CNN Polling Director Keating Holland said. “Two weeks ago he was losing the over-50 crowd by a couple of points. Now he has a 5-point edge among them.” Continue reading…

Whoopi says Elisabeth Hasselbeck gets most death threats on The View

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According to Whoopi Goldberg, the outspoken Republican gets more death threats than any of the other women on the show. Wonder if that bothers her or if she considers it a complement?

Hasselbeck gets more death threats than anyone else on “The View,” Whoopi revealed Monday night at Cooper Union. Whoopi – part of a panel discussion on Art and Educational Justice hosted by the Stella Adler Studio with Rosie Perez, Phylicia Rashad and Anna Deavere Smith – said of her conservative co-host: “Politically we could not be more opposite, but I respect her tremendously. Truth is, we could not have a dialogue without Elizabeth. It’s not that we have to agree, the important thing is that we have the conversation”

[From Page Six]

While I don’t think I’ve ever once agreed with Elisabeth Hasselbeck, I do appreciate Whoopi’s point. You need to hear both sides to really think about the issues.